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Berthold Lubetkin and Margaret LubetkinUnique sofa, designed for the Penthouse flat, Highpoint Two, Highgate, London, 1936-1938Norwegian yew, sandblasted pine, Cowhide, leather, chromium-plated metal. 77 x 196 x 80 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceBerthold Lubetkin, Penthouse flat, Highpoint Two, Highgate, LondonThence by descentBonhams, London, New Bond Street, 'Important Design', 21 November 2018, lot 169Acquired from the above by the present ownerLiteratureLionel Brett, The Things We See Houses - No. 2, Houses, Middlesex, 1947, p. 49 for the armchairs and daybed'Tall Order', The Architects' Journal, June 1985, illustrated p. 55John Allan, Berthold Lubetkin: Architecture and the tradition of progress, London, 2016, illustrated pp. 303, 305, 307, 562The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Collections, https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1458096/-armchair-berthold-lubetkin, (accessed September 2021) for the armchairHighpoint by Nick Wright'There are only four kinds of artistic activity: fine art, music, poetry and ornamental pastry cooking, of which architecture is a minor branch.' So began Berthold Lubetkin's speech to the Art Worker's Guild in 1932. Over a fifty-year career he baked many fine pastries.His origins are opaque. A passport showing his birthplace as Warsaw in 1903 was false. He was born in Georgia, a colonial outpost of Tsarist Russia, in 1901. During the Russian revolution he enrolled as a student at the Stroganov School of Applied Art. He studied carpet design in Berlin, architecture in Warsaw, concrete construction in Paris under August Perret, though achieved few if any formal qualifications. Nonetheless, he worked on the Soviet Pavilion in the Paris Exposition of 1925 and, in partnership, with Jean Ginsburg whose bona fide degree facilitated planning permission, had built an apartment block on Rue de Versailles by the age of 30.Arriving in Britain with two passports, no family or verifiable CV, he was free to become the architect of his own identity. His nationality was International, his faith communism, the denomination Modernism. The penguin pool he designed for Regent Park Zoo became instantly emblematic of the movement. More commissions came; suburban houses in Plumstead, a beach house in Aldwyck, a bungalow cut into the chalk hills of Whipsnade. Then, following the Tottenham factory designed for Gestetner Ltd, he designed Highpoint. 'Nothing,' he said, 'is too good for the ordinary person' and Highpoint is the physical embodiment of that ideal. New materials, concrete, glass, and steel were presumed impervious to the elements, the elemental design to fashion. Although undeniably 'an achievement of the first rank' to quote Le Corbusier, Highpoint now appears very much of its time. Rather than housing the workers of an office equipment manufacturer the apartments were sold to private individuals whilst the white-washed concrete appears an homage to white liner modernism, new in Britain but rehearsed the decade prior on the Mediterranean coast and already rust streaked.It is the adjacent Highpoint II which appears the more prescient, bridging as it does the stark modernity of its elder sibling on one side with Georgian Highgate on the other. Indeed, it's startling to realise that what one takes to be a low linear building shares a roofline with its high-rise neighbour and this dual aspect continues throughout. The choice of Staffordshire blue brick nods to the Victorian engineers such as Brunel whom Lubetkin admired. The glass bricks of the stair wells were contemporary. Then there are the caryatids. Classical figures cast at the British Museum support the modernist portico, these draped ladies passed water though pipes cast within but remain a source of debate. Are they 'pastry decoration'? Are they a recreation of the figures on a childhood home? Or are they the earliest post-modern joke, an acknowledgement that a function of architecture is to entertain? In 1951 Lubetkin wrote 'for too long modern architectural solutions were regarded in terms of abstract principles, with formal expression left to itself as a functional resultant. The principles of composition, the emotional impact of the visual, were brushed aside as irrelevant. Yet this is the very material with which the architect operates.' Alessandro Mendini said much the same fifty years after Highpoint's construction.Preeminent among the residents of Highpoint II was Lubetkin himself who had designed the penthouse for his family and the apartment displays the same meld of old and new. A vaulted ceiling recalls the breakfast room at John Soane's Pitzhanger, suspended from it was a mobile made and installed by Alexander Calder. Expansive glass affords views of London, in the free space below was a suite of furniture designed in the vernacular style of Lubetkin's native Georgia.John Allen writes of Lubetkin: 'No longer content merely to revere the grand tradition of architects who design their own furniture – Aalto, Le Corbusier, Mies, Rietveld – he now steps up to join it. The low chairs and sofa were unique pieces of soft sculpture made personally by Lubetkin and his wife Margaret from hand chosen lengths of Norwegian yew and cow hide from Argentina.' Such a quest seems indulgent but careful selection of the timber is necessary to the design. The rear posts all require the same curvature, even the knots are regularly spaced to create symmetrical aprons and, as with the building for which they were designed, the traditional and avant-guard coexist; fitted into the rustic frames are airfoil sections adjusted via engine-turned bosses.These pieces of furniture are of real architectural significance - evidenced by the Victoria and Albert Museum's acquisition of the third chair. They were designed by the architect responsible for much of Britain's post-war social housing and the Finsbury Health Centre, effectively the first hospital for the NHS. They drew on his early life in Georgia yet sit well in his home on top of Britain's preeminent modernist building. Indeed, so attached was Lubetkin to the furniture that on leaving Highpoint in 1955 the suite went with him. Images of the farm cottage to which he relocated show sofa and chair wedged beside the hearth. Then when he retired to a terraced Georgian house in Bristol the pieces again accompanied him. Throughout a transient life it was as though this suite represented home more than any building. Perhaps home had always been Georgia.Bonhams wishes to thank Nick Wright, co-author, Cut and Shut: The History of Creative Salvage, London, 2012.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Fun Ho! New Zealand Diecast #21 Fire Engine in Red & Silver Mint Model wiht inner tray In Original Firm Long Box Fun-Ho! Toys Were A Brand Of Diecast Toy Cars And Trucks Manufactured And Distributed By Underwood Engineering Co. Ltd. Of Inglewood, New Zealand. Production Was Started By Jack Underwood About 1935 And Continued Until 1982.
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A Silver plated cigarette case embellished with various London related maps,Post 1932 - Pre 1946, apparently no makers marks,Rectangular form with ribbed sides, the front cover engraved with a road map of greater London from Boreham Wood to Biggin Hill and Ealing to Woolwich, the back with London postal areas (such as WC1, EC2, N5, etc) against an engine turned ground, the inside having a London Underground map and two compartments for cigarettes,13.9 cm x 8.8 cmProperty of a Gentleman. Note: Dating of this cigarette case is approximate and based on the tube map on the inside of the cover - no ‘York Road' Station, between Caledonian Road and Kings Cross Stations, it was closed in 1932 - and the map has 'Mark Lane' station next to Monument which was renamed Tower Hill in 1946. Some light rubbing and wear to exterior surfaces - but maps are all legible. Interior with lighter wear. Generally good.
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David Andersen (Norwegian Founded 1876), a silver-gilt and enamel boxed set of tea spoons, tongs and strainer,c.1920, Mark of David Andersen, 925s, the box with partial David Andersen mark,Comprising: 12 teaspoons, 2 larger spoons, a pair of sugar tongs and a tea strainer, each piece silver gilt, with mauve enamel on the handles and the back of the bowls over engine-turned decoration, presented in a silk lined presentation box, Strainer 11.5 cm long, long spoon 13.3 cm long, tongs 9.6 cm long, coffee spoons 9.5 cm long (17)Small tea spoons do not appear to have been used. A few marks on the larger ones and tongs. Strainer with some tarnishing to the underside.Box: some splitting to the silk along the hinge. a few small marks. Outside of the box aged and a bit dirty, with some wear to the underside.
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A LATE VICTORIAN MOUNTED GREEN CROCODILE-SKIN WALLET two penknives with steel blades, a mounted steel tool made from a 5 Francs piece of 1849 with two fold-out steel blades and a pair of scissors, a 9 ct. gold mounted cheroot holder in an engine-turned case, and a 9 ct. gold-mounted steel pocket cigar cutter, hexagonal with engine-turned decoration, by Alfred Dunhill, London 19781; the wallet 5" (13 cms) long (6)
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A MIXED LOT:- A mounted tortoiseshell desk calendar, two small Swedish dishes, a travelling timepiece with engine-turned cover & base, initialled and inscribed, a George III / IV mounted glass powder box with screw-down cover, crested, two small boxes and small Spanish swordfish table ornament; the latter 6.5" (16.5 cms) long (8)
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A MIXED LOT:- A George III snuffers tray, initialled, by John Emes, London 1807, an engine-turned cigarette case, a match box cover, a pair of Victorian salts, a pill box, a mounted glass toilet bottle, a mustard spoon, a fork and a plated fork; the snuffers tray 8" (20.5 cms) long; 12.5 oz weighable silver (10)
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BOXES:- A George V tobacco "pebble", a Victorian engine-turned vesta case, a Victorian vinaigrette, a contemporary pill box, a mounted tortoiseshell dressing table box with inlaid decoration, a 19th century French circular papier-mache box with an amusing print on the cover and a gilt-metal mounted tortoiseshell, memento-mori box; the latter 3.1" (8 cms) diameter; 4.1 oz weighable silver (7)
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Postcards, various - mostly P2, RP Fareham Fire Brigade, posed group, with horse-drawn steam fire engine behind, probably Shand Mason (1), RP Indian railway accident, 4-4-0 locomotive and passenger train fallen from single-track bridge (6), RP bathing group (1), RP young men in studio dirigible (1), RP Blackpool Corporation open toast-rack tram (2), commercial RP UK topographical (7), royalty (5), PP UK topographical (5), Serbian and Russian interest (10), PP Korean, published in Vladivostok (2), others (4), overall F-G
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20 Oxford 1:76 scale Fire Related Vehicles. Including Bedford OW Luton, Essex Fire Brigade. Dennis F8 Northern Ireland FB. AFS Bedford Heavy Unit. Bedford WLG Heavy Unit. AEC Mercury TL Plymouth. Leyland TLM Closed Cab Morcambe. Leyland TLM Birmingham FB. Army Fire Service Green Goddess. Bedford TK Fire Engine N.Ireland FB. AEC Regent Glamorgan FB. Austin ATV London FB. Austin Tilly London FB. Austin ATV NFS. Leyland Cub FK7 Leamington FB. All boxed, minor wear. Contents Mint. £70-90
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7 Corgi. 2x Vintage Glory series- Fowler B6 Road Engine, John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd (80109). Plus a Fowler B6 Road Locomotive (Talisman), Low Loader & Cylinder Load-Pickfords, John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd (80102). A Heavy Haulage Scammell Contractor Wrecker, Eddie Stobart Ltd (CC12306). A U.S. Army Diamond T Wrecker (55601). U.S. Armed Forces Diamond T Tank Transporter & M60 A1 Medium Tank (55101). Scammell Crusader with Flatbed Trailer, B.R.S. (CC12608). Plus a Scammell Contractor, ITM-Sunter (CC12302). All boxed, minor wear, one without insert. Contents VGC-probably complete. £70-90
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20 Various Makes. 2 unmade Airfix 1:72 kits. An RAF Centenary Gift Set comprising Sopwith Camel, Spitfire and a Eurofighter Typhoon. Plus a Vickers Valliant BK.MK1. Together with 11 Corgi- 2x Scammell Highwayman cranes, Southdown and Pickfords. Fowler crane engine and log trailer. Bedford 'O' series van, P.O. Telephones. Morris J van, Southdown. Bedford CA van, Cambrian News. Morris 1000 van, Co-Op. Morris J van, Friendly Assurance. Morris 1000 van and Mini van, P.O. Telephones. Plus a 1926 Renault truck, The Star Brewery. Together with 7 Vanguard- Ford Consul GT Police car, West Yorkshire. 2x Ford transit vans- Telecommunications set and a Post Office Telephones. Commer Dropside, Carlsberg. Bedford 'S' type van, Surf. Austin A40 van, Castrol and a Ford Popular van, Fordson. All boxed, minor wear to some. Contents VGC-Mint. £70-90
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Quantity of various makes. 5 Southdown buses by OOC, Corgi, Oxford and EFE. Including a 2x Guy Arab, 1:50 and 1:76 scale. Plus 2x Bristol Lodekka including an open top. Also a Plaxton Panorama. A Vanguards Land Rover series one. 3x The Great Dorset Steam Fair series - Fowler Road Roller 'Lord Jellicoe', Burrell Showmans Locomotive, 'Quo Vadis' and a Showmans Living Wagon. Plus a Corgi Vintage Glory Fowler B6 'Supreme'. Dinky Toys Matra F1 (1417). Vitesse Austin Seven AD Tourer. 5 various Yesteryear including a three Austin Seven set and a 1905 Fowler Showmans engine, plus a number of other items including a 1921 Dennis N Type Fire Engine. All boxed, some wear/damage to a few. Contents GC-Mint a few loose in their boxes, a couple do require restoration. (28). £60-80
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2 Dinky Supertoys. Fire Engine with Extending Ladder (955). Commer in red with red wheels and silver ladder. Together with Turntable Fire Escape (956). Bedford in red with red wheels and silver ladder. Both boxed, some wear, also a tape repair to one. Vehicles GC, some chipping and wear. £50-70
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